SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 571, 28 July 1909, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

iitreet/Sohool: '} [ :'(i ' - :i \->:' :: ; ;lOver:th^ee: T huncb:ed'';gues^s/were; present at''the... very; successful;dance ! given •■.at'; the, ■;, Sydney/Street ;last.. night;, by the 'Office ;steff.; of >an'di-Company. ■'■■ ,-i.d'fapings;;of/pale';pink' arid/white; all/round: ■-'•> doors- and - windows,?: vlycbpbdium; , ?',The stage- w'a's/carpeted;;and,'furnished f/'Jab bufe.it:stbbd\palms:jandrferns.i.-,Shpper l was' / •.'.'served;*in-/av.;lower.o,roomj.; which;,!, was.,';also; j' "tho tables 'looked -very; well.f-Th,e,centre ..table '.: decorated.! with ; ;;a:;ihuge_; bowl ibf.i-white .-:/. spring -'''flowers';Jandi.fe'rrisjVand'.a'/thirdvwith. :•';; scarlet,/Vpurple;iand /'.white; anemohes; -with : , : /'■' wa^vfufnishedxas;a"'card;room,;,arid:>:further' •'accohlmpdatibn/.was; afforded by •: ; ';qubei;r.ere.cted;-;atj':the'!;side-',',bf ;>; yhitfsic ' : -':'';''flS6r.';was s '■■■ consisting', : b , f. ; ;Messrs..{C. '.;' Pe : arce' 'i (chairman)', /-ißeyanj": Garter, iiFell,iHowderi; Hyams;.vHaUj-andv/Goldfinchi•:with .'-.!.- Messrs.; Lawsoh";and /'Davis'-'-as - secfetaries. !;r../'Duncan, 1 who" /wore'-a frock-;;of^/..primrose*brb- <;: - 'oadeVMrSi,C.;.'Pearce; '.;.pale'v i biue'>s'llc';^Mrs, : :/'~Ia"n;-'l)uncah, ?;in; blaok'-lace/over'/rosevsilk.; v' Mrs/ I "KivDuncah/- pale'blue' : Silk.;.with/corselet ■ ; f charjneuse /with;ipoihi)\K lrfpe^'i'Mrs'.; ■v ■;■' JDyrabek,' -. amber'/striped-' ' Orieiital:;embroidery,|:'.Missv,;B.;;' Fitzgerald,. ;v•■-. :pale}blue;broca'de with?barids:bf black; Miss ./.•Barker,'/striped'fawh/silk'-with,cream' ]ace; ';, /Miss •'l)uncani;'cream: satin >; with'' silver;/trim- : Vming'',^Mrs.V.-Ar.thur. ; !Young;-!p'inkvchifion :taf/v.fetas '.with/cluster; of/;pTnk :-roses:;j;Mrs';;;Larig, .'/'/blackisilk;-'Mrs. Hall;[hlack/merveilleuxiwitK •'■ gold -trimming ;>MTsJ;/Mabiiij? l^Sale n blue: silk ;: yoke -■'•/Lawson;.blaok, silk.withtbuches -/-VMrsi':>:C./.Greeni:;;(Nelsbn);v,pale;fpink; l ;,char-; :>-'\ meuse^;Miss'',;Ei^3tsph,.i:j r spale/:/,heiiotrope: /H'-'tullerpMiss ■Travers J -';-white'(ssatin .'>.*> of '.<silver ; ;net Sand/ edging:;- of: ..silverVfainge; /'/Miss.■:Svens6h,'<;'pale l ''blue?silk; and;;bertna':'of' ;■■; ■ real /lace;; Miss':,Ha3nivardj'';:white':chiffon' ; .tajf-'' i> ;fetas: :with trimming?of-/daTk'iand ipalevgreeh'. .-'; ; :chiffdri;■ 'Miss:,'H."'Miles, .whitef/chiitbn ; \ over r |/pale,;-pink, : :with-.'pearl''and gold.xrimmirig;arid ;-'."b'arids'.pf gold tissue; Miss'E'.vSimps6ri,:'white //chiffon ■') ; : ; silk /with white' lace ) /Miss •J. 'Rbid; 1 pale yel-. • .'low ~silk-;'r':Miss ; 'silk 'muslin;with'white'lace'J Miss'M!L'eod, :i white ' :■■\' satin/^with:. ■ gold } trimming;'/Miss i;; Doughty; ;/ o'Me'3srs*.0'Me'3srs*.. '£. '"Pc.arce.-'pi'PAarofe, 'E;' Duiicani;l. ; ..--'Duacan; ! Av.'Duricariii Chaffey 1 ; -Th'orri-eiGeorge;: - •r : --Gore'; i /. "M'Shane,/ Fu^|Biy : 'and'; : Mabin.'. ¥1 ! *■'.'•* 'l'll '•. \ ■ ! ; >^-||^ ; ,/'/'..Some .remarks :ori/the;'effect ; 'bf-climate''ori ; J v .manners,-;,with';. : •■ re'fea^bes/.:tb : •.''.!^'Au^ratosianvpirli|,/;w«e; ; .:;; '..■W./\G;ray-I>ixbri;'i at'./; ',":• of the'A'ucSand'/.'braribh' - 'bf/ ; - l the^/-Ybuhg ':, /Women's Ghriaiari'r Assooiatiori* on /Monday' '•■' Aucki.//hind,.,w'as-: one/of ._.-".. on .earth:'. /It -might vb^'pb^ible'-te.-firid -places- .',/ with adyaritages over.- Aucklarid;*' but /:/;»/ Sw^tefj'';inpre:' ; geriial;V ;; ; : : ;./:place/to live^'m'fthari::Aucklarid.it/would'be .:■:,/'impossible''. tp''-;firid'...'There l-'was-^something //womanly 'about, : the r beauty--/bfArAuckland. ; ,'//;Pedia;ps/they ; .wohldibe; of, a ; •;;half-'mascuh'n«''riote:iu-:bur 'climate,'''(but,-fancy, ;/anyqnb 'wmplaining; of : iti'--'.The-'only: fault,of .-'/ ■'':',; should//be of ! peculiar/':exc'ellericej'v'reflectiiig r;the';.excellence /of'-.'the'-/climate.t' After/;long :■/'/residerico -;in : ; Australasia'.' he''ibund;.that \the ■; Australasian.Vgirl:;was';orie''of:tlie finest .types , //iriV.wbmarihbod; inf the/'-'itorid.'/,-.She: <the ; : girl> -.- arid, -more; resourcefulness The /' r;-.',-;aiid : r 'glow /of ; her/bwri.'-: : At;>. the /-same' ; .'time /-"'there : was:a?danger;and.' ;^ v -qiit.;intp.--the'bpen/'and/taking:- : her : ;,p'art;/in . ;:., ( life;;.she/might -//modesty.;/-^ , ; spine of these-Australasian cities. a';.somewhat ■■■ than/he;;expected : of girls whose /eye's-did -riot'idrbp;jwhen ;they/ : inet '.the, ; ;-'/in_qiiisitive-glance;in the street, ; .but answered, "with a-stony;' bold look': which,.did/not mean /':; anything simplyi/showed/that/the .;.: exquisite -.bloom -; bf /maidenly-, niodesty;. so; 'ri- :; - dispensable :to'the-blPbrn ~of..womanhood , had ';:_- someho'w,-been::.l6st;;:fi v'^U/tn',':/;,.'/)/;;::,//^'-.; '''} ■■ T^eShakespeare 1 %■ i'^\p"'- ':' >■':' ; . ■■• /The' trpuble7 : was;''tha^ ;.' £ ftiefs'. ! lib:' TOh%ri';'actors; !r arid^sb':probably '-.. "he;rievei ! ;;re'alised''u'stpiow/ few/parts-in each /play; were' ;writteh ; for been; •', and beautiful yourig-'actresses;'anxious >tb appear/in each iiew/play,';while:'huridreds:of!,pebplo t desired ■ their,: appearancej• and;'the"postcard;;fiends stood by with camera's, waiting to make their. fbriune,'.the.charices':arQ,.thatcpoor Ophelia '•.'■'. would;;have/had,':more;,.thari '.one ■ .vyoman •:■ to / keep .her/'company. ;m;;her/' tragic- story.';. As to a 'Shakespearean /'.rGading; one jShakes'}iearo's''great 'dt-: .'ficiency, .for/the;Women'^^^who't'ak'6, ! the ; hero-. '. -iries' -parts^usually/ylook;'lqriely.;':ariiori'g: x the ; .crowd .of; men character's'.: /No' one 'can -say --"';that!iii the''quality'of-;his partsjASnakespeare •V '.disregarded' the' w'omerifdlk; merely '-in,:t,heir number'sj'though'.iri;''Hariilet'.'!theybiirigDarie /; ;.'oversKadbws < the/poof pphelia'j;and : the wicked :' Gertrude, .'.whosp.;wickeuriess*:riever--se'eriis-'tb . ';show;.uii;'as ; ;.blackly';as}it- 'ought' to"doj be- ' ;:.' : ,ca-use;,' ,one_';cbnsidefs ; ; her 'all /through''in.'lier :• relationship''of "mother/to" th'b', hero.'■''';''; . :s'a'tisfacfory l ;'Ppeh!ja''-iri.' ; appearance;'arid :..'pretty. ,white /empire/frock one/;again; made : : . : bnb;realise'that the : present-day;Btylejis the •; : ::'/'m'ost'.picturesque' arid least dated ,bf ail riiodbsV' '-i-;It .w,buld'haye.>'iiited:;.Ophelia:quife/as well :// ; as 'any;-lady of .to-day; and.:for'.the'.,m'atter ! bf ':;:.^^Arthur;'mo'stce'rt'ainly'-.wdreempire_frocks; as :,;'; did : .Rowena '. ; arid..; fair ..Rbsamiiridi/.Miss :;':.;jßortha'Miles,; ; whp:took/the part of/Gbrtrude Z; ; ,iHth .'.'great.dignity, wprb. a /pretty ./frock : of - ,;»ile ,'pirik: silk, with': /directoire .sash, and. is. /he'rtha'.ofxlace.;.-; Judging from ,the,.audience .'/that listened to-the readmi;, tho Shakespeare" ;/Ctu!>.is mainly composed ot women, and .that''again shows how unfair 'Wi'liam Shakespeare ■ ;was ; to tho sex. , '